Author Archives: Daily Download Team
Lauren Ashburn/Howard Kurtz: How the Media Blew the Obamacare Ruling
June 28th, 2012
CNN got it wrong. Fox News got it wrong. But the media as a whole clearly expected the Supreme Court to gut all or part of President Obama’s health care law. Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz on the debacle.
Fast Chat: Gaga for Google Glasses–But Oh, That $1,500 Price Tag!
June 28th, 2012
Lauren Ashburn really wants the futuristic glasses; Howard Kurtz thinks the whole idea is crazy. Both say it’s way too expensive. They go at it here.
Fast Chat: Media Meltdown–World Freaks Out As Twitter Has a Brief Outage
June 26th, 2012
Is Twitter so embedded in our lives that we go crazy when it’s down? Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz on our new national addiction.
Kurtz/Sharon Waxman: Why Sorkin’s HBO Show Is So Embarrassingly Awful (Or Not)
June 25th, 2012
The Wrap’s Sharon Waxman likes HBO’s new Aaron Sorkin drama, The Newsroom, and that journalists are just being hypersensitive weenies. Howard Kurtz thinks the show fails on just about every level. Here is their vigorous exchange of views.
Lauren Ashburn/Howard Kurtz: Ruling on Ariz. Immigration Law Roils Campaign
June 25th, 2012
Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz on the Supreme Court’s split decision, knocking down most of the controversial law but upholding the key provision enabling police to ask people about their immigration status during routine stops. Does this create a new problem for Mitt Romney?
Fast Chat: Why Is Apple Underpaying Its Army of Smart Store Workers?
June 25th, 2012
There are 30,000 Apple retail workers moving hundreds of millions of dollars in products–and being paid as little as $11.25 an hour. Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz disagree on whether that’s fair.
Lauren Ashburn/Howard Kurtz: Bain Outsourced Jobs—Front Page News?
June 22nd, 2012
Should the Washington Post have led the paper with a report on Bain Capital’s companies outsourcing jobs to China and India 15 years ago? Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz on whether the story unfairly assumes that Romney’s responsibility as a businessman was to create American jobs.
Fast Chat: Facebook Agrees to Stop Exploiting Users in Ads–After Being Sued
June 22nd, 2012
Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz give Facebook two thumbs down for agreeing to respect their users’ rights only after being sued. Under the settlement, Facebook will give folks a chance to opt out of having their names and images used in advertising just because they “liked” something online.
Fast Chat: How to Snoop When Online Stories Keep Changing
June 21st, 2012
Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz on Newsdiffs, a new site that lets you follow the changes–and vanishing errors–when media organizations keep changing their stories.
Lauren Ashburn/Howard Kurtz: Marco! Tim! Our Veepstakes Obsession
June 21st, 2012
First ABC reported that Mitt Romney wasn’t vetting Marco Rubio. Then Romney said he was. Then Politico said Mitt’s aides are leaning toward Tim Pawlenty anyway. Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz on the media’s veepstakes fixation.
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